Cabinet.



No. 851,386. PATENTED APR. 23 1907.

0. M. TATE.

CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED I'BB.1 5. 1906.

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CABINET.

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CABINET.

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CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed February 15,1905. Serial No. 245,735.

To (.tZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, Osoan M. TATE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cabinets, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to articles of furniture to which the general term,cabinet, may be applied.

One of the purposes to which my invention may be put is the holding of atypewriter. When so used, it becomes a typewriter cabinet embodying,preferably, mechanical features adapting it to other uses when thetypewriter which it supports is not being used.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a typewritercabinctadapted to support a typewriter in such manner as that it may bereadily shifted into and out of position for manipulation.

A further object of the invention is to make the mechanism for suchshifting very simple in action, in order that it may have amplestability and durability.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. is a front elevation of acabinet embodying my improvement, the cabinet being adjusted to bringthe typewriter support into the operative position; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of th same cabinet, the adjustment being the same; Fig. 3 is asection on the line, 3-3, of Fig. 1, the adjustment being the same; Fig.4 is the same section as shown in Fig. 3 excepting that the typewritersupport is out of position and the lower portion of the cabinet isomitted Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on the line, 5-5, of Fig. 1 Fig. 6is an enlarged section on the line, 6-6, of Fig. 1; F ig. 7 is ahorizontal section on the line, 77, of .Fig. 1, the adjustment being thesame as in. Fig. 1, and a typewriter being shown in dotted outline onthe front of said figure; Fig. 8 is a de tail end elevation of therotary wall and the shelf forming the writing-desk portion of thecabinet; Fig. 9 is a similar elevation of the upper portion of said walland shelf shown in Fig. 8, the positions of said members beininterchanged; Figs. 10 and 1] are detail views of lock and latchmechanism for securing the rotary wall andsaid shelf; Fig. 12 is adetail view of latch mechanism for securing the upper portion of saidshelf to the rotary l wall. In the form shown in said drawings, saidcabinet comprises a stationary body, A, B, anda rotary section, C. Thebody, A, B, may be a unitary structure or it may be di- Ividedhorizontally into two separable sections, as shown by the drawings, thelower section, A, being similar to an ordinary flattop desk, and theupper section, B, resting upon the section, A, and being, preferably,narrower, measuring from front to rear, so that the section, A, willextend forward of J the section, B.

As to its details, the section or base, A, may be constructed in variousforms. I11 f the drawings, it is shown as having a horizonl tal top, 1,and beneath each end of said top I a sliding shelf, 2, and slidingdrawers, 3, and

an open space, 4, at the middle. f The upper section, B, is shownprovided t with fixed end walls, 5, a fixed back wall, 6, y and a fixedtop, 7, there being no fixed wall I at the front. The width of the endwalls is preferably a little more than half the distance between saidwalls. In the opening thus left at the front is located the rotarysection, C, the axis of its rotation being upright and midway betweensaid end walls and approximately in the plane common to the front edgesof said end walls. Said rotary section comprises three principalmembers, the upright rotary wall, 8, the horizontal rigid shelf or halfturn-table, 9, located at one side of said rotary wall and the hingedshelf, 10, secured to the opposite side of said rotary wall. The lowerportion of saidupright wall, 8, is preferably provided with anextension, 11, in the direction opposite the stationary shelf, and thelower edge of the folding shelf, 10, secured to the upper end of saidextension by hinges, 12. Said shelf is larger than the approximatelyhalf circular shelf or half turn-table, 9. In other words, said shelf,10, is too large to permit the turning of the rotary section, C, whensaid shelf J is in the open position. Said shelf is approximately aslong as the rotary wall, 8, and is of such width as to extend, when inthe open position, beyond a circle drawn on a radius extending from theaxis of said rotary sec tion to one of the end walls, 5. This condi tionwould be met, if theshelf were wide ject beyond the edge of the saidenough merely to allow the free corners to extend beyond such circle.But, as shown in the drawings, said shelf is so wide that all of thefree side edge extends beyond such circle. After folding said shelf, itmay enter the space enclosed by the walls, 5 and 6. In this manner ashelf conforming in dimensions to an ordinary desk top may be associated with the rotary wall. Said rotary section is secured to andmade rotatable upon the body, A, B, by means of journals and bearingsapplied to said body and said rotary section above and below saidsection in line with the axis already mentioned.

The drawings show cup-shape bearings, 13, counter-sunk into the upperand lower portions of the rotary wall, 8, and rigid journals, 1 1,extending into said bearings, the upper of said journals extendingdownward from a base, 15, counter-sunk into the top, 7, of the uppersection of the cabinet while the lower of said journals extends upwardfrom a base, 15, which is counter-sunk into the up per face of the top,1, of the section, A. Said bearings and said journals and their basesare preferably metal castings. The hinge thus formed for the rotarysection, C, affords ample strength and stability.

For the sake of making the shelf or half turn-table, 9, as large as maybe, it is made semi-circular, using a radius extending from the axis ofsaid rotary section almost into contact with the front portion of eitherend wall, 5. This construction, it will be observed, will permit saidshelf to clear the end and rear walls of the section, B.

If the cabinet is to be used to hold a typewriter, D, (as shown indotted lines in Fig. 7) the size of the shelf or half turn-table, 9, issuch as to adapt it to receive the typewriter upon its upper surface,the length and width of the section, B, being, as already stated,sufficient to clear said shelf when said rotary section is rotated. Andit will be understood, that if the front of the typewriter is toproshelf, the said end and rear walls must be set out far enough to alsoclear the typewriter In or applied to the upper portion of the rotary.section, C, is a receptacle for the storage of paper, envelopes, pens,pencils and similar materials. And such receptacle is accessible fromthe front of the cabinet when the rotary section, C, is in eitherpositionthat is to say, when the typewriter support is at the front orwhen the folding shelf is at the front. Said receptacle is formed bycutting out the upper portion of the upright wall, 8, to form anopening, 8*, and placing into, or in front of, said opening any desirednumber of shelves, 16, and partitions, 17, forming igeon-holes, 17,opening at each end. the folding shelf, 10, is to fit closely againstsaid upright wall, said shelves, 16. and partido not project beyond theface of adjacent said folding shelf, but prodirection a sufficientdistance to give to said pigeon-hole receptacle the desired width fromfront to rear. If so desired, one or more drawers, 18, may be placedinto said pigeon-holes. The drawings show one such drawer. It will beseen that said drawer may be drawn toward either side of said uprightpartition, so that said drawer is accessible from either position of therotary section, 0.

The folding shelf, 10, may be supported in the open position by means ofoblique braces, 19, secured to the ends of said shelf and the uprightwall, 8. Said braces may be of the folding form shown in the drawings orany other desired form. To hold the shelf, 10, in the closed position, asuitable latch, 20, may be applied to the .upper edge of said shelf andthe upper portion of the upright wall, 8.

To hold the rotary section, C, firmly in either of its workingpositions, a suitable latch, 21, may be applied to the front portion ofone of the end walls, 5, and to the upright wall,S. The drawings showsuch a latch ap plied at each side of said rotary section, in order thatboth its edges may be engaged, said latches and the axis of said rotarysection being in a line cutting the rotary section axis and parallel tothe front of the cabinet, so as to adapt the latches to engage,whichever side or the rotary wall is turned toward the front.

To look the upper portion of the cabinet against intrusion, a lock, 22,may be applied to the folding shelf, 10, and one of the end walls, 5, sothat said lock can operate when said shelf is at the front and in theclosed position. The drawings show such a lock applied at each end ofthe cabinet and near the l latches, 21, in an upright plane and a little1 forward of the upright plane in which said latches are located.

In sockets, 23, in the broadened base, 11, of the lower portion of theupright wall, 8, j are located two ink wells, 24, or similarreceptacles. Immediately above each such l ink well is an opening, 25,extending through the wall, 8,so that the ink well is accessible fromeither side of said wall.

At the right and left of the space to be oc- 'cupied by the typewriter,and between the ink well opening, 25, and the stationary shelf, 9, anarrow concave bracket, 26, for holding pencils and pens, is applied tothe rotary wall, 8. And into the upper face of the forward extension,11, of the rotary wall, 8, between the ink wells, a cavity, 27, ofproper depth to receive pens and .pencils, is formed. Said cavity is inproper position to be covered by the lower edge of the folding shelf,10, 5 when the latter is in the closed position, so 1 that the contentsof said cavity are inaccessitions, 17, said wall ject m the opposite blewhile the folding shelf is closed and locked. At the same time, theconcave brackets, 26, behind said shelf and. the rotary wall, 8, and aretherefore inaccessible. And. at the same time, the pigeon-holes l7. anddrawer, 18, are behind said folding shelf and therefore inaccessible. I

In the drawings, the fixed shelf or half turn table, 2), is applied tothe lower portion of the rotary wall, 8, while the folding shelf, 10, issecured to the upper portion of the extension, 1.1. This arrangementbrings the folding shelf, when turned horizontally for use, to a higherposition than the position of the fixed shelf. This is the preferredconstruction. For oiziinary work, the height of said folding shelf ismore convenient, while for the typewriter, the lower position is themore convenient.

I claim as my invention;

1. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright,rotary section comprising an upright wall and a shell hinged on ahorizontal line to the lower portion of said upright wall and extending,When in the open position, beyond a circle drawn 011 a radius extendingfrom the axis of the rotary section to one of the end walls, 5, saidrotary section being secured to said stationary body by an upright hingeintermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright,rotary section comprising an upright wall and two shelves one of whichis hinged on a horizontal line to the lower portion of said upright walland extending, when in the open pos tion, beyond a circle drawn on aradius extending from the axis of the rotary section to one of the endwalls, 5, said rotary section being secured to said stationzny body byan upright hinge intermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section,substantially as described.

3. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, the upperportion of which has end, back, and top walls, of an upright, rotarysection comprising an upright wall and a shelf hinged on a horizontalline to the lower portion of said upright ,wall and extending, when inthe open position, beyond. a circle drawn on a radius extending from theaxis of the rotary section to one of the end walls, 5, said rotarysection being secured to said stationary body by an upri ht hingeintermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, substantially asdescribed.

a. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright,rotary wall having an opening extending through said wall, a receptacleadjacent said opening. and a shelf at each side of said wall,substantially as described.

.5. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright,rotary wall having an opening extending through said wall, a receptacleadjacent said opening, and a shelf at each side of said wall, one ofsaid shelves being adapted to fold over said opening, substantially asdescribed.

6. [n a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an uprignl,rotary section comprising an upright wall and a hinged shelf, saidrotary section being secured to said stationary body by an upright hingeintermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, and lockingmechanism for engaging said folding shelf when said rotary section is soturned as to place said shelf at the front, substantially as described.

7. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright,rotary section comprising an upright wall and a shell hinged to saidwall, said rotary section being so cured to said stationary body b t anupright hinge intermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, andlatch mechanism for securing said shelf to said rotary wall,substantially as described.

S. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright,rotary section comprising an upright wall and a shelf hinged to saidwall, said rotary section being socured to said stationary body by anupright hinge intermediate the lateral edges of said rotary section, andlatch meclumism for securing said shelf to said rotary wall and latchmechaaism for securing said rotary wall to said body, substantially asdescribed.

9. In a cabinet, the con'ibination with a stationary body, of anupright, rotary section comprising an upright wall haying near its basean aperture extending from side to side, and an ink well below saidaperture, substam tially as described.

10. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright,rotary section comprising an upright wall having near its base anaperture extending from side to side, an ink well below said aperture,and a hinged shelf extending over .said aperture. when the shelf isfolded, substantially as described.

11. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an upright,rotary section comprising an upright wall having at its base a forwardextension, an ink well in a socket in said base, an aperture extendingthrough said wall above said ink well, and a shelf hinged to saidforward extension, substantiall as described.

12. In a cabinet, the combination with a stationary body, of an imrightrotary section comprising an upright wall, the base portion of said wallbeing extended laterally and said extension having in its upper face acavity, and a shelf hinged to the upper portion of said extension,substantially as described.

13. In a cabinet, the combination with a In testimony whereof I havesigned my [0 stationary body, of an upright, rotary section 1 name, inpresence of two witnesses, this comprising an upright Wall, a receptacleaptenth day of February, in the year one thouplied to one side of saidWall, a'folding shelf sand nine hundred and five. applied to theopposite side of said wall, and OSCAR M TATE locking mechanism formaking engagement i between said shelf and said body when saidl/Vitnesses:

Wall is turned so that said shelf stands at the NI. 0. FRENCH, front,substantially as described. I CYRUS KEHR.

